Posted by super on May 25, 2001, at 14:08:33
In reply to Re: girlfriend doesn't agree with diagnosis » super, posted by kazoo on May 25, 2001, at 11:36:33
Thanks for the feedback. It's just hard to trust a p-doc who only sees you every three months over a loved one who you spend every night with.
There is a double-standard, where people say your not ill but then they change their story quickly when you stop your meds and start getting ill. It's like you have to get really sick for them to believe what you've been telling them all along.
My g/f says she'll support me no matter what I decide to do with meds, but I know she'd prefer I didn't have to take them. And I really want to not have to take them too. I want to be able to think myself well. I know that most people on this board think that's impossible, but there's always hope to my mind.
My brother had a manic episode in his twenties and took lithium for a while, but then he stopped taking lithium and he still seems okay--not perfect but functional. No major episodes in the past 10 years that I can tell. I'm not close to him and don't see him much but he has held down a job for nearly 10 years and he got married and had a baby. He eats and drinks more than he should...but so do lots of people.
I had my worst hypomanic episode when I was around the same age as he was when he got sick. I'm just thinking that maybe I could be okay without meds too. Sure, taking meds is the safest thing to do (though they can cause other medical problems) but you never know what's possible unless you try, right?
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